Posts by Newsmaker

Russia Claims Hypersonic Missile Use in Attack on Ukraine

Russia Claims Hypersonic Missile Use in Attack on Ukraine

Russian military officials said Saturday that they fired a hypersonic missile for the first time in Ukraine to target a...

4 Die in US Military Aircraft Crash in Norway

4 Die in US Military Aircraft Crash in Norway

All four people on board a U.S. military aircraft were killed when it crashed in a remote part of northern...

Ballet Greats Unite For London Ukraine Benefit Gala

Ballet Greats Unite For London Ukraine Benefit Gala

World-famous ballet dancers from Russia and Ukraine, Argentina, Cuba, France and Japan come together Saturday for a gala to raise...

Kyiv Nurse Cares for Others’ Children as War Keeps Her from Her Own

Kyiv Nurse Cares for Others’ Children as War Keeps Her from Her Own

Ukrainian nurse Oksana Martynenko and her colleagues have 21 babies to look after at a makeshift clinic in a residential...

War Drives Thousands of Afghan Refugees Out of Ukraine

War Drives Thousands of Afghan Refugees Out of Ukraine

Three weeks ago, Haseeb Noori became a refugee — for a second time. The Afghan lawyer, 45, was living with...

Pope Calls Ukraine War ‘Perverse Abuse of Power’ for Partisan Interests

Pope Calls Ukraine War ‘Perverse Abuse of Power’ for Partisan Interests

Pope Francis, ramping up his implicit criticism of Russia, on Friday called the war in Ukraine a “perverse abuse of...

Biden Warns China of ‘Consequences’ for Supporting Russia’s War on Ukraine

Biden Warns China of ‘Consequences’ for Supporting Russia’s War on Ukraine

President Joe Biden spoke with Chinese leader Xi Jinping for nearly two hours Friday, saying the U.S. wants Russian President...

Civilians Survive Ukrainian Theater Bombing; Search for Others Continues 

Civilians Survive Ukrainian Theater Bombing; Search for Others Continues 

Ukrainian officials said Friday that they had yet to find any casualties in the ruins of a theater hit by...

Aid Group Welcomes Ukraine Refugees With Hot Meal in Poland

Aid Group Welcomes Ukraine Refugees With Hot Meal in Poland

In just three weeks, amid Russia’s invasion, an estimated 3 million people have fled Ukraine to neighboring countries, including Poland...

Russia Says YouTube Users Spreading ‘Terrorist’ Threats

Russia Says YouTube Users Spreading ‘Terrorist’ Threats

Russian internet regulator Roskomnadzor has accused Google’s YouTube of “spreading threats against citizens of the Russian Federation” in a statement...

Man Who Grew Up With War in Iraq Now in Kyiv Using His Business to Help

Man Who Grew Up With War in Iraq Now in Kyiv Using His Business to Help

When Iraqi-born American entrepreneur Emad Ballack watched footage of war breaking out in Ukraine from his office in Iraq’s northern...

Swiss Ambassador: Ukraine War Is Challenge to International Law

Swiss Ambassador: Ukraine War Is Challenge to International Law

“I was thinking of a hashtag, ‘Even Switzerland,'” Ambassador Jacques Pitteloud said half jokingly, noting that U.S. President Joe Biden...

Putin Tells Mass Rally That Russia Will Prevail in Ukraine

Putin Tells Mass Rally That Russia Will Prevail in Ukraine

Russian President Vladimir Putin used a rally before a packed soccer stadium on Friday to justify the invasion of Ukraine,...

Russian Missiles Strike Near Lviv Airport, Survivors Emerge From Mariupol Theater

Russian Missiles Strike Near Lviv Airport, Survivors Emerge From Mariupol Theater

Several Russian missiles were targeted at a western Ukrainian area near Lviv’s airport Friday. The airport was not hit, according...

British Regulator Revokes License of Russia-Backed Broadcaster RT

British Regulator Revokes License of Russia-Backed Broadcaster RT

Britain’s communications regulator has revoked the license of Russian-backed broadcaster RT amid investigations of its coverage of the Ukraine war....

Nigerian Medical Students Who Fled Ukraine Continue Education Online

Nigerian Medical Students Who Fled Ukraine Continue Education Online

A sixth-year medical student at Ternopil National Medical University in Ukraine, Dominic Oru, a Nigerian, was two months from completing...

More Assertive Japan Stands Up to Russia Over Ukraine

More Assertive Japan Stands Up to Russia Over Ukraine

Pallets loaded onto the Japanese Self-Defense Force cargo aircraft this month contained bulletproof vests, helmets, and other nonlethal military equipment...

Australia Sanctions Russian Billionaires With Mining Industry Links

Australia Sanctions Russian Billionaires With Mining Industry Links

Australia imposed sanctions on Friday on two Russian oligarchs with links to its mining industry, one of them a billionaire...

US Sees No Letup in Russian Influence Operations

US Sees No Letup in Russian Influence Operations

According to U.S. and Ukrainian officials, Moscow’s efforts to win over the world with its accounts of events in Ukraine...

Canada Offers 3 Years of Temporary Residency to Ukrainians

Canada Offers 3 Years of Temporary Residency to Ukrainians

Ottawa announced Thursday it was establishing a new immigration program that would offer Ukrainians fleeing the Russian invasion a temporary...

UN: Ukraine’s Humanitarian Situation Worsening Daily

UN: Ukraine’s Humanitarian Situation Worsening Daily

The head of the World Health Organization said Thursday that “the lifesaving medicine” needed in Ukraine is peace. “Prolonged conflict...

Turkey’s Opposition to Russian Sanctions Stokes Suspicions of Sanctions-Busting 

Turkey’s Opposition to Russian Sanctions Stokes Suspicions of Sanctions-Busting 

While the United States and European Union are enforcing powerful financial and trade sanctions on Moscow and closing their airspace...